Internal affairs : making room for psychosemantic internalism

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Internal affairs : making room for psychosemantic internalism

by Keith L. Butler

(Studies in cognitive systems, v. 21)

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1998

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book is not written for posterity. It is meant to constitute part of my contribution to a continuing debate at the intersection of the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, epistemology, and the philosophy of cognitive science. The debate is over how mental states are individuated. Many philosophers, call them externalists (or anti individualists), believe that the individuation of mental states requires appeal to an individual's social and/ or physical environment. I am not among them; I am an internalist ( or individualist). This book attempts to show that the leading proponents of externalism make a lot of mistakes in defending their view. This is either because the view is false, so any defense of it is bound to make some mistake or another, or it is because the people defending externalism have not been very careful, or both. I have included some introductory material so that those not already familiar with the issues involved might nevertheless gain entry into the debate. The intended audience, however, consists in those professional philosophers and students of philosophy who are already familiar with and interested in the question of how mental states are individuated. I do not spend much time trying to motivate an interest in this issue. Like all philosophy, it is interesting and worthwhile if one is blessed (or cursed) with the appropriate kind of intellectual curiosity. Those who do not meet this requirement proceed at their own risk.

目次

Preface. Part I: Externalism and the Propositional Attitudes. 1. Externalism and Twin Earth. 2. Self-Knowledge. 3. Skepticism. Part II: Anti-Individualism and the Cognitive Sciences. 4. Computational Vision Theory. 5. Causal Powers. 6. Cognitive Explanation. Notes. References. Index.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA38643390
  • ISBN
    • 0792352610
  • 出版国コード
    ne
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Dordrecht ; Boston
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiv, 257 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
  • 親書誌ID
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